While the BMW X3 has been around since 2004, Alpina?s version of it, the XD3 Bi-Turbo, has been only been around since 2014. Like all other Alpina models, the XD3 is based on the production Bimmer, but with a handful of exterior and interior updates, and a nice power bump as well. For the 2015 model year, the XD3 inherits all of the styling updates of the 2015 X3.

Some people mistakenly consider Alpina a BMW tuner, when in fact it is its own automaker as recognized by the German Ministry of Transport. Additionally, Alpina and BMW actually work closely with one another, and many of Alpina?s manufacturing processes are built directly into BMW?s production line. How many tuners can you think of who work that closely with a major automaker? I can?t think of a single one.[...]

Source: topspeed